Yitzchak Yosef was born January 16, 1952 in Jerusalem. The son of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, he is the Sephardi Chief Rabbi for the State of Israel (the Rishon Lezion), as well as the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Hazon Ovadia. He has written many foundational works for Sephardi Jews in Israel and the world, including Yalkut Yosef, a popular compendium of Jewish Law.